[PATCH] virtio_net: enhance wake/stop tx queue statistics accounting

From: liming . wu

Date: Tue Nov 18 2025 - 04:10:27 EST


From: Liming Wu <liming.wu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This patch refines and strengthens the statistics collection of TX queue
wake/stop events introduced by a previous patch.

Previously, the driver only recorded partial wake/stop statistics
for TX queues. Some wake events triggered by 'skb_xmit_done()' or resume
operations were not counted, which made the per-queue metrics incomplete.

Signed-off-by: Liming Wu <liming.wu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 8e8a179aaa49..f92a90dde2b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -775,10 +775,26 @@ static bool virtqueue_napi_complete(struct napi_struct *napi,
return false;
}

+static void virtnet_tx_wake_queue(struct virtnet_info *vi,
+ struct send_queue *sq)
+{
+ unsigned int index = vq2txq(sq->vq);
+ struct netdev_queue *txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(vi->dev, index);
+
+ if (netif_tx_queue_stopped(txq)) {
+ u64_stats_update_begin(&sq->stats.syncp);
+ u64_stats_inc(&sq->stats.wake);
+ u64_stats_update_end(&sq->stats.syncp);
+ netif_tx_wake_queue(txq);
+ }
+}
+
static void skb_xmit_done(struct virtqueue *vq)
{
struct virtnet_info *vi = vq->vdev->priv;
- struct napi_struct *napi = &vi->sq[vq2txq(vq)].napi;
+ unsigned int index = vq2txq(vq);
+ struct send_queue *sq = &vi->sq[index];
+ struct napi_struct *napi = &sq->napi;

/* Suppress further interrupts. */
virtqueue_disable_cb(vq);
@@ -786,8 +802,7 @@ static void skb_xmit_done(struct virtqueue *vq)
if (napi->weight)
virtqueue_napi_schedule(napi, vq);
else
- /* We were probably waiting for more output buffers. */
- netif_wake_subqueue(vi->dev, vq2txq(vq));
+ virtnet_tx_wake_queue(vi, sq);
}

#define MRG_CTX_HEADER_SHIFT 22
@@ -1166,10 +1181,7 @@ static void check_sq_full_and_disable(struct virtnet_info *vi,
/* More just got used, free them then recheck. */
free_old_xmit(sq, txq, false);
if (sq->vq->num_free >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 2) {
- netif_start_subqueue(dev, qnum);
- u64_stats_update_begin(&sq->stats.syncp);
- u64_stats_inc(&sq->stats.wake);
- u64_stats_update_end(&sq->stats.syncp);
+ virtnet_tx_wake_queue(vi, sq);
virtqueue_disable_cb(sq->vq);
}
}
@@ -3068,13 +3080,8 @@ static void virtnet_poll_cleantx(struct receive_queue *rq, int budget)
free_old_xmit(sq, txq, !!budget);
} while (unlikely(!virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed(sq->vq)));

- if (sq->vq->num_free >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 2 &&
- netif_tx_queue_stopped(txq)) {
- u64_stats_update_begin(&sq->stats.syncp);
- u64_stats_inc(&sq->stats.wake);
- u64_stats_update_end(&sq->stats.syncp);
- netif_tx_wake_queue(txq);
- }
+ if (sq->vq->num_free >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 2)
+ virtnet_tx_wake_queue(vi, sq);

__netif_tx_unlock(txq);
}
@@ -3264,13 +3271,8 @@ static int virtnet_poll_tx(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
else
free_old_xmit(sq, txq, !!budget);

- if (sq->vq->num_free >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 2 &&
- netif_tx_queue_stopped(txq)) {
- u64_stats_update_begin(&sq->stats.syncp);
- u64_stats_inc(&sq->stats.wake);
- u64_stats_update_end(&sq->stats.syncp);
- netif_tx_wake_queue(txq);
- }
+ if (sq->vq->num_free >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 2)
+ virtnet_tx_wake_queue(vi, sq);

if (xsk_done >= budget) {
__netif_tx_unlock(txq);
@@ -3521,6 +3523,9 @@ static void virtnet_tx_pause(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct send_queue *sq)

/* Prevent the upper layer from trying to send packets. */
netif_stop_subqueue(vi->dev, qindex);
+ u64_stats_update_begin(&sq->stats.syncp);
+ u64_stats_inc(&sq->stats.stop);
+ u64_stats_update_end(&sq->stats.syncp);

__netif_tx_unlock_bh(txq);
}
@@ -3537,7 +3542,7 @@ static void virtnet_tx_resume(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct send_queue *sq)

__netif_tx_lock_bh(txq);
sq->reset = false;
- netif_tx_wake_queue(txq);
+ virtnet_tx_wake_queue(vi, sq);
__netif_tx_unlock_bh(txq);

if (running)
--
2.34.1